Note
This note explains how to create a note using Simple Markdown Editor with Exploratory Desktop and share it with your co-workers.
If you add charts, analytics or data frames that contain the parameters to the note, those parameters will show up automatically when you run the note. You can change the parameters to update charts and analytics in the note on the fly.
You can show the current parameter value on Note using the R code chunk or R inline expression. Please see here for more details.
In Side by Side mode, you can see the edit screen and the preview screen side by side in a single window. You can click the refresh button anytime to confirm the preview while you are editing.
You can click the "Switch to Side By Side Mode" button to switch from Single View mode to Side By Side mode.
In Single View mode, you can show either the edit screen or the preview screen at a time. You can switch the edit screen or the preview screen by clicking "Edit" or "Run" button at the top left corner of the screen.
In Single View mode, you can use the full window area for editing and previewing. It is useful if you want to check how users actually view your note.
Edit screen
Preview screen
You can click the "Switch to Single View Mode" button to switch from ModeSide By Side mode to Single View mode.
You can export your note in various formats. You can access to the export menus from the Export button at the top right corner of the screen.
You can preview the output in the web browser.
You can export the note output in HTML format.
You can export the note output in Microsoft Word format.
The "Export as Word Document" feature is only available in Single View mode. You can see here for how to switch to Single View mode.
You can export the note output in EDF format. The exported EDF includes not only the text in the note, but also charts, analytics, data frames and others referenced in the note. You can import that EDF anytime to reproduce the note completely.
You can view the detailed data of the chart by clicking a figure of the chart such as a bar, line, circle, etc. Showing detailed data is supported on charts that you can view the detail data on the Chart View.
You can view the chart in the full-screen mode by clicking the "Show in fullscreen" icon on each Chart/Analytics.
This feature is not supported on the Number chart type for now.
You can download the chart image in either PNG or SVG file format by selecting the "Export Chart Image" menu on each Chart/Analytics.
The "Export Chart Image" menu is available only on notes published to the server.
This feature is not supported on Number, Word Cloud and Map chart types.
You can download the chart data in the CSV format by selecting the "Export Chart Data" menu on each Chart/Analytics.
The "Export Chart Data" menu is available only on notes published to the server. You also need to select the "CSV" download option when you publish the note.
This feature is not supported on the Number chart type for now.
If your chart/analytics has a comment, you can view it on the note by hovering/clicking the comment icon on each Chart/Analytics.
This feature is not supported on the Number chart type for now.
Last modified 6mo ago